diff --git a/lib/async/scheduler.rb b/lib/async/scheduler.rb
index d87e114e..2af1ed6b 100644
--- a/lib/async/scheduler.rb
+++ b/lib/async/scheduler.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def scheduler_close
 		def close
 			# It's critical to stop all tasks. Otherwise they might be holding on to resources which are never closed/released correctly.
 			until self.terminate
-				self.run_once
+				self.run_once!
 			end
 			
 			Kernel.raise "Closing scheduler with blocked operations!" if @blocked > 0
@@ -215,6 +215,16 @@ def run_once(timeout = nil)
 				return false
 			end
 			
+			return run_once!(timeout)
+		end
+		
+		# Run one iteration of the event loop.
+		#
+		# When terminating the event loop, we already know we are finished. So we don't need to check the task tree. This is a logical requirement because `run_once` ignores transient tasks. For example, a single top level transient task is not enough to keep the reactor running, but during termination we must still process it in order to terminate child tasks.
+		#
+		# @parameter timeout [Float | Nil] The maximum timeout, or if nil, indefinite.
+		# @returns [Boolean] Whether there is more work to do.
+		private def run_once!(timeout = 0)
 			interval = @timers.wait_interval
 			
 			# If there is no interval to wait (thus no timers), and no tasks, we could be done:
diff --git a/test/async/reactor.rb b/test/async/reactor.rb
index 9f3b3650..8d270544 100644
--- a/test/async/reactor.rb
+++ b/test/async/reactor.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,20 @@
 				sleep
 			end
 			
+			expect(reactor.run_once).to be == false
+			expect(reactor).to be(:finished?)
+			reactor.close
+		end
+		
+		it "terminates transient tasks with nested tasks" do
+			task = reactor.async(transient: true) do |parent|
+				parent.async do |child|
+					sleep(1)
+				end
+			end
+			
 			reactor.run_once
+			expect(reactor).to be(:finished?)
 			reactor.close
 		end